Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius: carrots v sticks

The third European Union Eastern Partnership summit will take place in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on 28 and 29 November 2013. It comes at a crucial time for some of the countries of Eastern Europe and is seen by some as a battle for influence between the EU and Russia over countries such as Armenia, Moldova and, crucially, Ukraine. Fears were raised that the meeting would end in fiasco when Ukraine announced at the last minute that it would not sign.